Brexit means freedom

PUB. DATE

February 2017

SOURCE

Daily Mail;2/1/2017, p50

SOURCE TYPE

Newspaper

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

I KEEP seeing the ridiculous claim by liberals and other anti-Brexit types that 'no one voted to be poorer.' Well I did. I detest with a passion everything with a 'euro' prefix, and in voting Leave I fully understood that, of course the pound, the economy, some industry and jobs (the European bandwagon jobs) might well suffer a loss. But this is to be expected, because we clearly will face change and disruption before the new global freedom benefits kick in. We may, perhaps, be poorer in wealth, but not in spirit.

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